NPR: john paul https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=692628453 john paul en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:50:16 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: john paul https://www.npr.org/tags/692628453/john-paul 'The Pope' Tells The Tale Of A Roman Catholic Church With Coexisting Pontiffs In his new book, soon to be a feature film, Andrew McCarten examines Popes Francis and Benedict XVI — and how having two living popes, for the first time in 600 years, has weakened the papacy. Fri, 08 Feb 2019 07:42:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/691508649/the-pope-tells-the-tale-of-a-roman-catholic-church-with-coexisting-pontiffs https://www.npr.org/2019/02/08/691508649/the-pope-tells-the-tale-of-a-roman-catholic-church-with-coexisting-pontiffs

In his new book, soon to be a feature film, Andrew McCarten examines Popes Francis and Benedict XVI — and how having two living popes, for the first time in 600 years, has weakened the papacy.

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